Government Surveillance Programs

2014-02-05T11:40:10-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/1fb/20140204224534003_hd.jpgLegal experts testified on U.S. surveillance programs and techniques in relation to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Members of the committee expressed concern that there was no method to screen out the president or members of Congress from the National Security Agency’s data collection programs, although Deputy Attorney General Cole assured them that no metadata collected was examined without a court order being granted on reasonable grounds.

Legal experts testified on U.S. surveillance programs and techniques in relation to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Members of…
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Legal experts testified on U.S. surveillance programs and techniques in relation to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Members of the committee expressed concern that there was no method to screen out the president or members of Congress from the National Security Agency’s data collection programs, although Deputy Attorney General Cole assured them that no metadata collected was examined without a court order being granted on reasonable grounds. close